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Command
Summary of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN

Nimitz Graybook
7 December 1941 31 August 1945

Volume 8 of 8

Selected dispatches concerning the period 30 December 1941 to 30 April 1942
and pertaining to the Battle of Midway
The following document is a digitized representation of materials contained in Series I,

Subseries A (original copies), of Coll. 505, Papers of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN,
maintained by the Archives Branch of the Naval History and Heritage Command,
Washington, DC. The Command Summary, commonly referred to as the Graybook
contains the CINCPAC (Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet) staffs running
estimate of the situation and summary of command decisions, as well as key dispatches
received or originated by CINCPAC headquarters.

The 8 volumes are paginated as follows:

Volume 1 (7 December 1941 to 31 August 1942): pages 1 - 861
Volume 2 (1 September 1942 to 31 December 1942): pages 862 1262
Volume 3 (1 January 1943 to 30 June 1943): pages 1263 1612
Volume 4 (1 July 1943 to 31 December 1943): pages 1613 1830
Volume 5 (1 January 1944 to 31 December 1944): pages 1831 2485
Volume 6 (1 January 1945 to 1 July 1945): pages 2486 3249
Volume 7 (1 July 1945 to 31 August 1945): pages 3250 3548
Volume 8 (Selected dispatches concerning the period 30 December 1941 30 April 1942
and pertaining to the Battle of Midway): pages are not sequentially numbered. Note:
Volume 8 contains dispatch copies, many of which were poorly reproduced at the time of
compilation. Some portions are illegible.

Digitization of the Nimitz Graybook was carried out in 2012 as a cooperative effort between
the Naval War College and the Naval History and Heritage Command. Digitization was
overseen by the Naval War College Library. Funding was provided by the Naval War College
Foundation, Newport, Rhode Island, with donations received from the Naval Order of the
United States and several individual Foundation members.

This PDF file contains a searchable text layer generated by OCR at the time of
digitization. The OCR text is uncorrected and cannot be relied upon as an accurate
transcript, but is included for whatever search utility it may provide. A future digital
edition may include a complete and accurate transcription.

Any previously classified content herein was reviewed and declassified appropriately at the
Naval History and Heritage Command Archives, in accordance with U.S. federal
declassification authority. This document is in the public domain.

United States Naval War College, Newport, RI
2013

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dispatches concerning the period 30 Dec~mber 1941 to 30 A~ril
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NOT RE~UIRING OUTSILE REINFORCEMENTS.
TE~
A~J
PARAGRAPH FIVE JOINT
BASIC PLAN ~29 ROSES DIRECTS POPPY FORCE
(510)
TO RETURN
T 0 P0 PP Y FR 0 ,A R0 SES IJ P0 N E ST A8 L I SH ,.1E NT 0 F NE W GARR I S0 N

SINCE NE\ ' GARRISON NOW IS BEING ESTABLISHED THIS MOVEMENT
. CAN BE MALE SOON.
I SUGGEST US I NG TH IS PART I CUL AR POPPY
FORCE FOR MOVEMENT TO AND OCCUPATION OF ESPIRITU SANTO,

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H[ 8 fl I nE s c R0 up
ACCLIMATED TO ROSES CLIAATE.
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IN MY OPINION THI:- ~l lLL DEt\Y
OR DELAY JAPANESE SOUTH1ARD INFILTkATION MOVEMENT AND
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CONTRIBUTE TO GENERAL SECURITY OF ROSES AND POPPY.
ESPI-
RITU SANTO HAS BEEN RECONNOITRED AND IS SUITABLE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF AIRFIELD TO ACCOMODATE FIGHTERS.
RECOMMEND
TH I S ACT I 0 N BE UNDER Tt, KE tJ PR 0MP TL Y fd ~ D THAT I OE AU THORI ZED TO COOPERATE ii ITH COM tJA ND I tJC GE tlEf1AL ROSES IN MAK I NC
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WHIPPLE DELIVER TO COMGEN ROSES FOR ACTION.

L I VER TO COMGEN POPPY FOR ACT I ON.
TANGIER DE-
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~ITH
FOLLOWING RESERVATIONS FROM CINCPAC.
ARMY
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MINOR PREPARATION AS SEAPL AN E BASE IS DESIRABLE. DIVERSION PAUL JONES AND ESCORT AUTHORIZED.
ARRANGEMENT WITH GENERAL CHA ~AB ERLAIN.
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FIRST SHUTTLE TRIP PRESIDENT COOLIDGE FROM FULCRUM TO

FANTAN COMINCH SEllAL ~~38~ OF MAY 13 LEAVES FULCRUM
25 JUNE.
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PRACTICABLE LONG RANGE AIRCRAFT FROM SUMAC AMD ~ORESBY

BASEi TO FURNISH AIR COVERAGE ~ ITH COORDINATION AS R~
CUESTED BY
CHOR ~.: LEY.
GHOR ~.~ LEY
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co: t.'. A:n
SURF ACE FORCES r,.ADE AVAILABLE FROM
FLEET. HIS EARLY AP POINT MENT TO VICE ADMIRAL THEREFORE

NECESSARY.
AS ANTIAIRCRAFT BAT JERIES WILL BE RECUIRED IM-
MED I ATEL y A!.1 CON S I DE R I NG r.f.u V I NG
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THE ESTIMATE THAT THE GREAT NEED OF PRESENT ALASKAN SITUATION IS STRATEGIC AND IS IMMEDIATE AND LARGE SCALE RE1 . NFORCE~EMT OF LAND BASED AVIATION X CONSIDER MY OP PLAN
USES AVAILABLE AIR TO MAXIMUM POSSIBLE X TIME ALONE CAN
TEST \I HETHER OR NOT .J;Y USE OF DESTROYERS IS EFFECT I VE X
f JTHOUT SOME EXPOSURE THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO CHANCE OF THEIR
OFFENSIVE USE X RE GRET CAN NOT SET FORTH ALL MY REASONING
BUT BELi EVE rA Y PLAN PROV IDE S FOR Su UND Er.f t- , OYMENT OF FORCES
AVAILA BLE X HEh EAFTEh CAN NOT COMJ UNICATE r ITHOUT BREAKING
hfD IJ SILENCE FROM SEA WH IC H I DESIRE TO AVOID IF PUC SIBLE
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SECTORS FROM DUTCH HARBOR AND SAND POINT TO DISTANCE OF 4-f
MILES X SEARCH BY HEAVY BOMBERS DAILY ONE PLANE ALONG ALEUTIAN
CHAIN FROM UMNAK TO KIPKA X THREE PLANES RADAR E~UIPPED FROM
KODIAK SuUTH WEST SECTOR TO DISTANCE OF 7~~ MILES X END OF
PART ONE
,.
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1 JUNE 1942
2245/2233
TIERS/NEWHOUSE
COMINCH
COMTASKFOR 8
OPOPOPOP
OPOPOPOP
12133 CCR 18548
FROM CINCPAC X
, FROM PREDEPARTURE CONFERENCE COMTASKFOR 8 AM CONFIDENT THERE
IS NO LACK OF DETERMINATION TO USE SHORE BASED AIR TO THE
MAXIMUM X YOUR 1245 X MY INTERPRETATION COMTASKFOR 8
DISPATCH 301959 IS THAT FROM CONDITIONS OF FIELDS NUMBER
OF PLANES AVAILABLE PROBA~ ENEMY FORCES AND KNOWLEDGE
CHARACTER OF PREVIOUS ENEMY ATTACKS HE APPARENTLY ESTIMATES
THAT PRESENT SHORE BASED AIR CANNOT BE RELIED UPON TO STOP
ENEMY AND THAT FURTHER MEANS MUST BE TAKEN X IF FIELDS AS
UNPREPARED AS REPORTED PLANE LOSSES MAY BE HEAVY AND
REENFORCEMENTS WILL BE NEEDED AND SHOULD BE READY X HOPE
YOU CAN FIND THESE REENFORCEMENTS X HE RECOGNIZES HAZARD
INVOLVED IN ADVANCE POSITION OF DESTROYERS BUT AS LONG AS
AIR COVERAGE IS SUPPLIED FROM UNMAK REPEAT UNMAK FIELD
THE LOCATION OF THE DESTROYERS IS A CALCULATED llSK
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NOT AVAILABLE TO ME
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FIGHTERS AT , , , .
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3 JUNE 1942
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PATROL PLANE SCARING 247 DISTANT 47 ~ILES FROM MID AY

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(PASSED BY CINCPAC TO COMINCH FOR INFO)

ELEVENTH AIR FORCE REPORTS CONTACT ENEMY CARRIER
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ABOUT 1~ TORPEDO BOMBER PLANES ESCORTED BY ABOUT 15 FIGHTERS

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OUT WARNING BUT STATION WAS AT DAILY DAWN BATTLE STATIONS
AND HEAVY ANTIAIRCRAFT FIRE WAS OPENED IMMEDIATELY FIGHTERS
DELIVERED STRAFING ATTACK ON CATALINA MAIL PLANE TAKING OFF
FOR KODIAK WHICH IMMEDIATELY WAS BEACHED ON SAND SPIT X TWO
MEMBEKS OF CREW WERE KILLED AND ONE INJURtD X HURILONTAL
BOMBING ATTACK WAS DELLVERED FROM NINE THOUSAND FEET ALTITUDE TARGEiS WERE OLD WOuDEN OIL TANKS RADIO STATION AND
FORT MEARS X TANKS AND RADIO WERE NEARLY MISSED LATTER BEING
DAMAGED AND TRANSMITllNG ANTENNA BEING TEMPORARILY OUT OF
CllMMISSION AFTER FIRST CONTACT REPORT HAD ALREADY BEEN SENT
SEVERAL BARRACKS AND WhREHOUSES AT FORT MEARS HIT AND BURNED
X PRESIDENT FILLMORE OORLEN KING TALBOT GILLIS SAIL TWENTY
SEVEN AND ONANDAGA WEHE IN &ARBOR AND UNDAMAGED X ALL SHIPS
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ONE DEAD ARMY 18 DEAD AND I I 25 SERIOUSLY WOUNDED AT
1035 SEVERAL UNIDENTIFIED PLANES WERE SIGHTED BUT NO ATTACK
WAS MADE X FACILITIES TOStRVE FLEET SURfACE SUBMARINE OR
AIR UNITS READY TO SAME CAPACITY AS BEFORE X LJ.IE.RED
VISIBILITY INDICATE NOIRECURKENCE FURTHER ATTACKS PRIOR
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CINPAC COMNORWE0TStAFRON COMPARONPLANRONPAC X COMALSEC
AND LOCAL ARMY HAVE THIS X)
MSG IN THREE PARTS X PART ONE X RESUME OF AIR OPERATIONS
THREE JUNE X ALL TIME ZONES ZED X DUTCH HAR80R ATTACKED
ONE TIME FROM BERING SEA AT 31555 BY 4 TYPE 97 KOGEKIKI
TOR ~ EDO BOMBERS AND 14 FIGHTERS X ATTACK CEASED AT 31615
X ENEMY RETIREB TO NORTH X APPEARED PRINCIPALLY PHOTO RECOMMAISANCE X NIL DAMAGE REPORTED TO AIR STATION INSTALLA
TIONS X ONE CATALINA STRAFFED ON WATER X MINOR FIRES IN
THREE
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THRU OVE rCAST STRIKING WATER FIFTEEN MI LES XX
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COLD BAY NOT ATTACKED X CATALINA IN COMBAT WITH CRUISER
AMPHIBIAN NORTH OF CARLISLE ISLAND AT 215 X OWN LOSSES
ONE CATALINA STAFEED DUTCH HARBOR X ONE DOWN ON REEF
NORTH OF TIGALDA X ONE ON SOUTHWEST END OF TIGALDA X
ONE BEACHED AND ABANDONED CAPE AIBK REPEAT AIAK UNALASKA X
THESE REPORTED NIL COMBAT DAMAGE OR PERSONAL CASUALTIES X
ONE DOWN BEARING 169 DISTANCE 70 MILES FROM OTTER POINT
AFTER REPORTING CONTACT WITH ENEMY CONCENTRATION OF
UNNAMED TYPES IN LAT 52-45 LONG 167-4 AT ~42 X
INDICATE ONE MAN INJURED X TENDERSENROUTE TO RESCUE X
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AT POSIT LAT 5-7 LONG 171-14 COURSE 15 AT SEVENTEEN
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s-17s AND 26S x CARRYING TORPEDOES AND ENROUTE IS THE
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INSIDE FEW PLANES ON DECK FINE VISIBILITY X FORCE IS SAME
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(PASS TO MIDWAY X FROM COMTASKFOR SEVENTEEN)
HAVE ATTACKED n~o ENE1vlY CARR IERS REPORTED YOUR ZERO
FOUR EIGHTEEN FORTYTHREE X HAVE NO INDICATION OF LOCATION
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TO COMTASKFCR 17
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AIR GROUPS FROM TASK FORCES 16 AND 17 ATTACKED CARRIERS OF ENEMY

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av,
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ALL FOUR CV BELIEVED BADLY DAMAGED. ONE OR TWO OTHER HEAVY SHIPS
CLAIMED HIT. TIME OF ATTACK BETWEEN 213 AND 23'6Z. AT 2215Z .
ENEMY MANEUVERING IN APPROXIMATE POSITION LAT 30-38 NORTH LONG
LOSSES
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UNITS AND 'l'RACKING DATA AS PRACTICABLE.
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AFTER SECOND HEAVY ATTACK AT 24 ZED YORKTOWN
APPARENTLY SINKING. YORKTOWN REPORTED 2 ENEMY CARRIERS
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OF MAG THREE FIGHTERS EIGHT DIVE OOMBERS REMAINING IN COMMISSION ALL OF ~HICH LIMITED TO RADIUS 15~ MILES DUE
DAMAGED TANKS. ALL BI08911 EXCEPT TWO PATROL PL/,NES
TO OUTLYING RENDEZVOUS. HAVE DIRECTE~ CATALINA AMPHIBIANS
RETURN HERE LAND IN LAGOON WILL USS FOR scours TOMORRO~.
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POSITION BEARING 21~ Dl~TANCE 120 FROM UMNAK GQ4PONRON
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LOCATE . 1 BY ,CATALINA IN LAT 5-~7 LONG 171-141 COURSE 15
AT ~41725. ~ rwo TORPEDO LOADED AMPHIBIANS IN AIR NEAR
DUTCH HARBOR STARTED IMMEDIATELY TO ATTACK. CONTACT APPARENTLY LOIT ABOUT 184~. TOrtPEDO AMPH I BI A~S FOR:.1ED SCOUT I NG
LINE AND SEVENTEEN V-3 REGAINE~ CONTACT AT 2~~5. REPORTED "ONE CV, THREE CA, TWO DD POSITION BEARING 2:5 DISTA~CE 165 FROA OTTER POINT FEW PLANES ON DECK, COURSE
'ORTH SPEED 15". . REPORTED ENE ..1Y CtMNGEJ COURSF TO 2~~
SPEED 2~ AT 2125. LO~ FUEL AND [NGINE FAILURE ADE TORPEDO ATTACK INCO~PLETE. AT 2318 CONTACT LOST AS RELIEVING
PLANE NOT ARRIVED.
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TIME
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FOR YOUR INFORMATION FOLLOWING RECEIVED FROU UIDIAV "438"'5

QUOTE COllTASKFORCE 17 TRANSFERRED FLAO TO ASTORIA. YORKTOWN HIT
BY AT LEAST THREE BOlltS BADLV DA&MGED DEAD IN WATER BUT APPRRENTLY

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1942
657/~638
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TIME
TEXT
FORWARDED CONFIRMATION F~OM COMTASKGROUP a.3 OF COMTASKUNIT

8.1.1 ORDERS TO UMNAK FOR B-26 1 8 TO TAKE OFF ATTACK WITH
TORPEDOES WHEN FOUR NAVY PLANES PLUS ONE B-17 THEN ABOUT TO
(ED PART TIO)
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JUNE 5 1942
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CAMBRON/FIELD
CCR 2597 S
(PART TWO)
OUT OF FUEL.
FOUR AMPHIBIANS CALLED INTO UMNAK TO LOAD
TORPEDOES FOR ATTACK. SIX B-17 ONE LB-3 DEPARTED KODIAK

AT 195~ FOR COLD BAY ENROUTE TO ATTACK WITH BOMBS, DEPARTED COLD BAY FOR TARGET ~5~35, NO SUBSEQUENT REPORT FROM
THEM. MESSAGE FROM co :HASKUNIT 8.1.1 INDICATED SIX UMNAK
B-26 DEPARTED UMNAK TO ATTACK BUT RETURNED
~HEN
CONTACT
LOST. CASCO REPORTED AT ~4235 THAT FIVE B-26 DEPARTED

COLD BAY FOR UMN/.K TO REFUEL, ELMENDORF B-26'S FAILED TO
REACH COLD BAY ACCOU~T .~EATHER kf\:U RETURNED. NO APPARENT
ACTION BY ANY B-26'S Sl~CE. AT 5015 COMTASKUNIT 8.1.1
REQUESTED ME TO Q.6.TAIN IMMEDIATE ORDERS FOR ARMY AT UMNAK
WHO HAD REQUESTED EXPLICIT ORDER E.Qli AR MY AND NAVY SEPARATEL y. AT 029 FOR~'JARDED co :H ASKGROUP 8. 3 ORDER TO UMNAK
FOR BO ,M3AR:UMENT TO ATTACK CARRIER IM:li EDIATELY. AT 5q224
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11t5/ 1~38
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YORKTOiN RECEIVED THREE BOMB HITS FIRST J\ TT /,CK. n.o OR

MORE TORPEDO HITS ON SECOND ~TTACK. ALL BOILCRS OUT
OF COMMISSION SHIP LISTED THIRTY DEGRCES AND AaANlJONED
WHEN APPARENTLY ABOUT TO CAPSIZE. STILL AFLOAT NO APPRECIABLE CHANGE- I~ TR IM DOWN BY THE HEAD. WI LL tiQ.l ATTEMPT
TO TOW HER BY CRUl3ER.
DESTROYER STANDING BY.
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JUNE 5
ATf
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MIDWAY ~5621 "PATROL PLANE THAT HAS BEEN TRAILING ENEUY

ATTACKED BY ZERO FIGHTERS. MAY INDICATE JAP CARRIER
STILL ON LOOSE" AND HIS 5~62 FORTAESSES REPORT CRUISER LEFT AFIRE CARRIER IVOT LoGATrD.
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CCR 2595 S
DOVA F9R KODIAK. LIEUT COMDR PAUL FOLEY USN DESERVES

HIGH PRAISE FOR TODAYS CATALINA OPERATIONS. AT ~5~355
.DUTCH AND GILLIS REPORT PLANE ATTACK ON STATION. GARBLED
REPORTS NOW COMING IN INDICATE REGAINED CONTACT AND POSSIBLE ATTACK.
(END PART THREE)
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COMALSEC, LOCAL ARMY HAVE THIS
. (PART 3) DEPART UMNAK HAD REGAl~ED CONTACT. COMTASKUNIT

8.1.2 REPORTS AT ~5~254 COMPLETED SEARCH SECTOR TWO DISTANCE 45f MILES NEGATIVE RESULTS. THREE CATALINAS DEPARTING 52~~ TO SEARCH SECTOR LIMITING BEARINGS 15- TO 225
DISTANCE 2~ MILES. B-17 ~AKING NIGHT SEARCH KODIAK SECTOR 225 TO 216 DISTANCE 7 MILES. BECAUSE NUMBERS CATALINAS AND CREWS AVAILABLE UNDETERMINED CANNOT SPECIFY
ADDITIONAL SEARCHES AT THIS TIME BUT WILL ENDEAVOUR TO
REGAIN AND MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH ENEMY UNTIL ATTACKS COM
PLETED IF IT TAKES ALL NIGHT. PILOTS AND CREWS IN ALMOST
CONSTANT FLIGHT AND ACTION PAST: 48 HOURS IN MOST DIFFICULT
WEATHER. COMMUNICATIONS DIFFICULT AS PATRON PORTABLES
ONLY RELIABLE COMMUNICATIONS WITH FORTS GLEIN AND RANDALL.
REINFORCEMENTS ENROUTE TIO CATALINAS FROM SEATTLE TO KODIAK,
THREE KINGFISHERS SITKA TO KODIAK, ELEVEN WILDCATS AT CO / ~
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FROM c I ~-CPAC INFO cm. I ~ cu AN::: COtJGENHA 'lDEPT

YOU 1HO PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY TODAY
HAVE 'tlR I TTEN A GLOR I OUS PAG IN OUR HI STORY I AU
PROUD TO BE ASSOclATED ~ITH YOU.
ESTl~ATE THAT
.I
ANOTHER DAY OF ALL OUT EFFORT
YOUR PART WILL
O~
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CCR
2762
FROM DPI FOUR.

BEST INFOR ATIO~ AT 12~f FIVE JUNE ZED INDICATES TOT~L
CATALINA OPERATIONAL AND COABAT LOSSES. DAT~ AND TIME.
ONt ABANlJONEli SOUTH COAST UMNAK CREW SAFE. ONE SOUTH
SCOTCH CAPE CRE '1 BELIEVED SAFE. ONE LAST REPORTED NEAR
TIGALDI ISLAND AREA
SEARCHE~
NEGATIVE
DOWN IN FLAPFL UNALASKA AREA CRE
RE~ULTS.
DEAD.
ONE SHOT
ONE DAMAGED
BEYOND REPAIR DUTCH HARBOR RESULT FIRST ATTACK. T 0

CAT ALI NAS STl LL MI SS I NG FRO. ~I GHT OPERATIONS THREE OTHERS
UNREPORTED.
CHAf\.GING ENGINE :iNE PLAf~E AT DU TCH E~' GINE
DAMAGED BY 5~ CALIBER ANTl-J IRCRAFT IN ATTACK ON CARRIER.
CATALINAS AVAILABLE OPERATIONS THIS DA TE EIGHT
ITH POS SI-
BLY T 0 OR THREE ~i ORE LATER I ' ORl\ltG. TOTAL ENE Y

LO: ~ ES DUE THIS TASK GR JUP ONE CL A ~ PHIBIAN SURE ~EDIESDA Y
T 0 PURS UITS POS SIBLY DA AGED BY
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THIS FROM COMPATWING 4.COM 13 PASS TO COMINCH COMPATREPLATRONS

PAC AND CINCPAC.
ORIGINATOR DECLARES NOT MORE THAN 14 DOUBTFULLY EFFECTIVE
CATALINAS REMAINING NOi.OPERATiONAL AND COMBAT LOSSES
IN MAINTAINING CONTACT ARE MOUNTING AND ARMY AIR HAS NOT
YET STRUCK EFFEDTIVE BLOW.PILOTS AND CREWS AT LIMIT OF
ENDURANCE AFTER 48 HOURS CONTI NOUS FLY!NG AND FIGHTING
DESPITE USUAL ALEUTIAN WEATHER.THIS NIGHT WILL JUST ABOUT
END THEM.MUST HAVE REPLACEMENTS OR THESE JAPS WILL GIVE
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26978
THIS FROM CINCPAC

FOLLO ING RECEIVED FROM ..uD AY. "ATTACKING BATTLESHIPS
REPORTED STREA ING OIL i lTH ALL AVAILABLE FORTRESSES

AND 13 DIVE BOMBERS"
SEALED
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f-22/ 2354
DATE
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COM INCH
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(THIS FOR CINCPAC AND COMINCH FROM COMTASKFOR EIGHT)

JAPANESE RAIDS TO DATE APPEAR MORE OF CHARACTER OF DIVERSION
THAN ALL OUT ATTACK. ENEMY- MA~E ONE WEAK BOV.BING ATTACK ON
UMNAK IN ADDITION DUTCHHARBOR RAIDS ALREADY REPORTED. NO
ATTACK HAS YEI BE~N IN STRENGTH OF SOFTENING RAID WHICH
WOULD PROCEED LANDING OPERATIONS. WEAKNESS OF HIS ATTACKS
TO DATE COULD BE DUE TO POSSIBLITY OF HIS LARGE OPERATIONAL
LOSS OF PLA~ES IN BAD FLYING WEATHER OR HIS BELIEF THAT
STRONG SOFTENING ATTACKS NOT NECESSARY ON ACCOUNT OF OUR
WEAKNESS IN UMNAK DUTCH HARBOR AREA. FACT THAT AIR STRIKING
FORCE HAS SO FAR NOT MADE EFFECTIVE ATTACK TENDS TO SUPPORT THIS POS~IBLE ESTIMATE BY ENEMY. NO EVIDENCE YET THAT
ENEMY KNOWS OF COLD BAY AIRFIELD. ENEMY NO ~ IN AREA FORTY
EIGHT HOUR ~ AND HAS NOT YET INCREAS:D TEMPO OF ATTACKS.
OUR SCOUTS HAVE LOST CONTACT FOR PRESENT. HAVE FOUND Nu
(SL. PAG TWq)
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REASON TO ALTER SCOUTING AND ATTRIT.ION DISPOSITIONS.

All AVAILABLE ARMY BOMBER TYPES CONCENTRATED IN WESTERN
AREA IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLAN. ALL OUT AIR SCOUTING OPERATl ONS HAS SER I OUBL Y WEAKENED OUR PATW I NG Iii SCOUTS BUT llllll-.
REMAINDER ARE CARRYING ON IN SPLENDID MANNER. HOPE FOR
S.TRONG OFrENS I VE ACT I ON FROM AIR STR I1\1 NG GROUP WHEN
ENEMY NEXT LOCATED. NEXT 48 HOURS SHOULD DEVELOP ENEMY
INTENTIONS WITH MORE CERTAINTY
Q.J,P I ES DEL I VE ED BY CCR AS FOLLOWS:

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COMTASKFORCES 7, 4, AND
HAVE THIS.
FROM CINCPAC.
MY f6f123 CARRIER REPORTED NOT REPEAT NOT SM~KING IS BY

DEFERRED REPORT SMOKING BADLY AND GOING AT SLOI SPEED.
IHEN LAST OISERVED f824Z IAS ON COURSE 245.
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CINCPAC
(NERK)
JUNE 6 1942
949/~824
CAMBRON/FIELD
RRRR
COM INCH
CCR 282 S
PASSED TO YOU For. INFORMATION BY CINCPAC.

THE FOLLO ING WAS RECEIVED FROM
GROUP
~604~5:
"RESCUED ENS GAYt#i

TORPRO
ID AY UNDER DATE-TIME
HO BELIEVES HIMSELF SOLE SURVIVOR
8 ALL SHOT DOIN BY ZERO FIGHTERS.
SCORED HIT ALL OTHER SHOT DO N OUTSIDE OF

ON DEPARTURE HE
~AS
CARRIER AND SA-
FOLLO~:ING
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16,~~~
YARDS.
SHOT DON BY ZERO FIGHTERS CLOSE TO
TING LIFE RAFT UNTIL DARK.
HE MADE DROP
HIDING
U~DER
CUSHION NOT INFLA-
CARRIER TRIFLE S)ALLER THAN
TWO GIANTS BURNING AND A SHIP THOUGHT A BATTLESHlP ON

FIRE.
THEN
SA.~
SEVERAL HITS DIVE BOMBERS
FROM~
GROUP
AND BOTH BIGGEST SIZE CARRIERS STARTED BURNING FIERCELY.

CRUISER TRIEli TO RESCUE PERSONNEL FROM CARRIER
HI~
LATER BE~AN FIRING TO SINK IT.
AS KAGA OR AKAGI.
CARRIER HE HIT
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IJENTIFIED THIS SHIP

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BY DIVE BOMBERS NEARLY DEA~ IN 'ATER ALL AFTERNOON. DESTROYER ~ATER CAME ALONG311E NEAREST CARRIER AND TOOK OFF
PERSONNEL. NEAR MO NING HE HEARD A ~U BER Of TRE E~DOUS
EXPLOSIONS. ALL THREE CARRIERS SEEN BURNING FIERCELY.
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AT /1815Z 6TH ONE BB FIVE DD LAT 29-3~N 174-3~E COURSE
27~ SPE ED if. SAM
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COURSE 215 SPEELD 15. AM ATTACKING BATTLESHIP. WILL SEND
DESTRIYERS LOW IN FUEL TO CI MMARON AS NECESSARY. MY POSIT
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3~-49N
LONG 176-3)E.
COPIES DELIVERED BY CCR AS FOLLO WS:

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SQUADRONS TOTALLING TWELVE FORTRESSES ATTACK CRUISER
GROUP. AS0UME SPRUANCE WI LL GET BATTLESH .I P AND BELi EVE
CRUISERS ENROUTE TO JOIN TRANSPORTS.
COPIES DELIVERED BY CCR AS FOLLOWS:

THREE TO STAFF DO
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6 JUNE 1942
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SCHULZE/PORTER
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FOR INFO COMTASKFOR SIXTEEN

MIDWAY'S ~62351 QUOTE PATRPbf,Eft_EPORTS AIRCRAFT . ATTACKING
FOUR INIDENTIFIED 0HIPS DISTANCE 525 BEARING 277 CJURSE
2~ SPEED 3~. ATTACKING WITH SIX GROUPS FORTRESSES
TOTALLING 25 PLANES MY
~62235.
COPIES DEDIVERED BY CCR AS FOLLOWS:

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STARBOARD SIDE FIRES OUT. LIST IOI .REDucED TO 171. llTH
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COITllUOUI OPERATIOll Allll REPEATED COITACTS AR REIULTllG

II PROGAESSIYE LOSSES Otll CATALllAS llTHOUT BElllG FOLLOWED
BY SUCCESSFUL ATTACKS AID COMPEISATllG DAIAOE TO EIEllY.
EllEMY CY 1 1~ CA:a AID DD~8 OPERATllG ll_AID. OUT OF BOdllC
RAIGE IMllAK AID DUTCM HARBOit llTH APPAREIT IMPUlllTY. IO
TIOOPIHIPS YET SIGHTED BUT BELIEYE THE ISLAllDI ARE II DAIQEI
AT PltEIEIT RATE UllLESS TASIFOI I 18 REllFORCED EllllEI BY .
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IN COMMUNICATION TO VICE ADMIRAL BROWN COMMANDER TASK
FORCE 11 REAR ADMIRAL CRACE ROYAL NAVY WROTE QUOTE YOU
STATE THAT THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF UNITED STATES FLEET
HAS DIRECTED THAT THE SENIOR UNITED STATES NAVAL OFFICER
PRESENT SHALL ASSUME COMMAND OF NAVAL FORCES IN THE ANZIC
AREA. IN THIS REGARD I HAVE RECEIVED RECENTLY ADMIRALTY
MESSAGE TIMED 1342 A OF 25 FEBRUARY 1942 WHICH STATES
QUOTE IT HAS BEEN AGREED WITH UNlTED STATES AUTHORITIES
THAT IN THE EVENT OF HIS MAJESTYS SHIPS AND UNITED STATES
WARSHIPS REQUIRING TO COOPERATE TACTICALLY AGAINST ENEMY,
COMMAND WILL BE EXERCISED BY THAT OFFICER OF EITHER
POWER WHO IS SENIOR IN RANK~ OR WHERE RANKS OF BOTH OFFICER
ARE EQUAL, BY OFFICER WHO HA BEEN LONGEST IN RANK UN
QUOTE THIS AGREED PROCEDURE DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE DIR
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LATER ADUlRAL CRACE ACCEDED. TO THE ABOVE AND TO FLETCHER&,

HIS JUNtOR, COMMANDING THE FORCE. CONSIDER IT ESSENTIAL
THAT TASK FORCE INVOLVING CARRIER REMAIN UNDER UNITED
STATES FLA~ OFFICER. IN ORDER THAT ~O QUE~TION OF COMMAM MAY ARISE REQUEST RE~ CRACE BE SO INFORMED.
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TIME
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TEXT
THIS IS FROM GENERAL MACARTHUR. RECSIT INTELLIGENCE

REPORTS SHOW INCREASED AIR FORCES BEING MOVED RABAUL
AND -INDICATIONS ENEMY ACTION BEFORE END OF MONTH X
I AM CONCERNED THAT TASKf ORCE U-SUALL Y OPERATING CORAL
SEA AREA BEtNG WITHDRAWN TO .BLEACHER X CONSIDER -IT
'
.
.
NECESSARY THAT ONE TASKFORCE BE MAINTAINED THAT AREA
AT ALL TIME~ TO CHECK FURTHER ENEMY ADVANCE.
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FROll CINCPAC ACTION COllANZAC INFO COlllNCH COllTAIKFORCE 17.

FOR QENERAL MACARTHUR YOUR 17,,26 TASK FORCE 17 HAI BEEN
AT SEA OYER TIO MONTHS. ITS FIGHTING AIRCRAFT FAST BEING
QltOUNJED FOR LEAKY FUEL TANKS. PLANNED UPKEEP ESSENTIAL
TO REHABILITATE FIGHTING PLANES. STRONQLY ACREE DESIRE
ABILITY MAINTAINING FORCE IN CORAL IEA AND WILL EN:DEAYOft
TO DO SO. BELIEVE PERSISTENT COURAGEOUS ATTACKS BY
YOUR. AIRCRAFT HAVE DELAYED ENEMY OFFENSIVE AND THAT
FLETCHER WILL RETURN TO AREA IN TIME TO OPPOSE ADVANCE
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INDICATIONS CRUISER CARRIER CONCENTRATION TRUK RABAUL

AREA ABOUT END OF MONTH. COMANZAC 17.626. MY 172,15.
IT 18 UY STRONG CONVICTION THAT ENEM~ ADVANCE SHOULD
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AGAIN RECOMMEND THAT FITCH PROCEED CORAL SEA IHERE r:fETCHER .
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YOUR 18232 TASKFORCE 17 ~ . ~ VES BLElCHER TOMORRO

ADD SRRV CE FORCE DETACHM
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TASKFORCE 11 PROCiED SO AS TO ARRIVE AT POINT ACORN
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TEXT
AN ENEMY OFFENSIVE IN NEW GUINEA DASH SOLOMON AREA IS

AT PRESENT INDICATED FOR FIRST . WEEK OF MAY PROBABLE
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE ~ORESBY X MAY EVENTU~LLY INCLUDE THREE
OR FOUR CARRIERS ABOUT EIGHTY HEAVY BOMBERS AND SAME
NUMBER OF FIGHTERS AT NEW GUINEA AND NEW BRITAIN AIR
BASES X YOUR TASK ASSIST tN CHECKING FURTHER ADVANCE BY
ENEMY IN ABOVE AREA BY SEJZING FAVORABLE OPPORTUNITIES
TO DESTROY SHIPS SHIPPING AND AIRCRAFT X CINCPAC WILL
ARRANGE COORDINATION OF SOUWESTPACFOR AND WILL KEEP YOU
FULLY INFORMED X PARA X COMSOUWESTPAC IS REQUESTED TO
CONT I NUE PRESENT Di.U~~ EtJ I NA Tl ON I NTELl.r IGENCE THAT AREA,
TO KEEP MACARTHUR INFORMED OF PACFLT PLANS AND OPERATIONS
AND TO l~FORM ~E PLANS FOR HIS FORCES ESPECIALLY THOSE
WHICH CAN &UPPORT FLEET FORCES X PARA X REENFORCEMENT FOR
TASKFOR
17
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FOLLO' If.JG- AVAILABLE YOUR 18232 X TASKFORCES 17 AND 11
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MY 22~345 AND 22541 X IN ADDITION ChN BE AVAILP9LE IN AREA
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X. IN VIEW COMSOU' .' EST PAC 24:. r1i411 BEL I EVE PACFL T SUl SHOULD
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1
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(St>4' Art. 76 (I) N AVREGS.)
521
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DEPARTURES HERE BETWEEN 2~ APR !L AND ONE MAY FOR SOUTHWEST

EXCHANGE X EACH SCHEDULED FOR SHORT PATROL ON TRUK-RABAUL
tr1 NE WHICH CAN BE INCREASED BY . EL -, MI NAT I ~J~ RECONNA f SSANCE
ENROUTE X TWO OTHERS AVAILABLE 3~ APRIL X EXPED I Tl ONARY
TROOPS X NON.E READY IN TI ME X BATTLESHIPS X AGAIN RECOMMEND
THAT TASK FORCE ONE RETURN TO COAST AFTER REMAINING SUFFICIEN~
LY LONG AT SEA TO HAVE EFFECT ON ENEMY DISPOSJTIONS X
RECOMMENDED DATE OF ARRIVAL COAST TWO MAY X CONSIDERATIONS
1
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(A) ITS OPERATION IN SOUTHWEST INADVISABLE AS SUFFICIENT

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NO. 72
THE AWUTANT GENERAL

JANUARY SEVENTEENTH
THE FOOD Sf TUATIO:-J HERE IS BECOMING SERIOUS STOP

FOR SOUE TUIB I HAVE BEEN ON HAlF RATIONS .AND THE
RESULT WI IL SOON BECOME EVIDENT IN THE EXHAUSTED

CONDITION OF THE MEN STOP THE LIMITED GEOGRAPHIC.AL
AREA WHICH I OCCUPY OFFERS NO FOOD RESOURCES STOP
I AM ENTIRELY DEPENDENT UPON A LINE OF SEA COMMUNICATIONS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHICH HAS NOT BEEN UNDER
CONTROL STOP IN MY RADIO NINE OF JANUARY FOUR I
MY
ASKED FOR BLOCKADE RUNNING SHIPS STOP NO REPLY HAS BEEN

RECEIVED EXCEPT TO THAT FEATURE DEALING WITH A SUBMARINE
CARRYING ANTIAIRCRAFT .AMMUNITION STOP THE STRATEGIC
PROBLEM INVOLVING AN ADVANCE FROM THE SOUTH WILL NOT
RELIEVE THE FOOD SITUATION HERE IN TDAE STOP THE RATIONS
NECESSARY TO SUPPLY THIS COMM~m MEASURED IN SHIPS CAPACITY ARE S&LL INDEED STOP MANY MEDimf SIZED OR SMALL
SHIPS SHOULD BE LOADED WITH RATIONS AND DISPATCHED ALONG
VARIOUS ROUTES STOP THE ENEMY BOMBER FORMATIONS ARE NO
LONGER HERE BUT HAVE MOVED SOUTH STOP UNQUESTIONABLEY
SHIPS CAN GET THROUGH BUT NO ATTEMPT YET SEEMS TO HAVE
ALONG THIS LINE STOP THIS SEEMS. INCREDIBLE TO
BEEN MADE
ME .AND I AM HAVING INCREASING DIFFICULTY IN APPEASING

PHILIPPINE THOUGHT ALONG THIS LINE STOP THEY CANNOT
UNDERSTAND THE APPARENT LACK OF EFFORT TO BRING SOMETHING

IN STOP I C.ANNOT OVER EMPHASIZE mE PSYCHOLOGICAL
REACTION THAT WILL TAKE PLACE HERE UNLESS SOMETHING
TANGIBLE IS DONE IN THIS DI.RECTION STOP A REVULSION
EX.ACT rnFORJ"ATION COPY FOR ADIIIR/\L ".D'.. .A.!'DS :I Dm~uTY C1 IT.EI OF
TJ1.FF, U. S . pu ;r,./.
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PAGE TWO NO. 72 JANUARY 17THE

OF FEELING OF TREJ.1ENDOUS PROPORTIONS AGAINST AMERICA CAN BE
EXPECTED STOP THEY CAN UNDERSTRlD FAILAURE BUT CAlJNOT UNDERSTAND WHY NO ATTEMPT IS BEING MADE AT RELIEF THROUGH THE
FORWARDING OF SUPPLIES STOP THEY CONTRAST THE LACK <F EFFORT
HERE TO THE CONCENTRATED AND
STRONGER BLOCKADE LINE IN
sue CESSFUL
EFFORTS AGAINST A
THE ATLANTIC STOP THIS REACTION
MAY EVENTUALLY APPEAR AMONG THE TROOPS STOP HUNGRY MEN ARE
HARD TO 1WIDLE STOP RECOMMEND. THAT THE QUESTION BE IMl.lEDIATELY
TAKEN WITH GENERAL WAVELL AND THAT SIMULTANEOUS EFFORTS BE MADE
FROM THE N E I .AJJD THE UNITED STATES TO GET IN THE $Ni.ALL AMOUNT
OF FOOD THA1' WOULD SEE ME THROUGH STOP THE REPEATED STATEMENTS

FROM THE tniITED STATES THAT HITLER IS TO BE DESTROYED BEFORE AN
EFFORT IS M.ADE HERE IS CAUSING DISMAY STOP THE JAPANESE FORCES
DASH AIR COJl':MA LAND AND GROUND DASH ARE MUCH OVEREXTENDED STOP
HIS SUCCESS TO DATE DOES MOT MEASURE HIS OON STRENGTH BUT TIJE
WEAKNESS OF HIS OPPOSITION STOP A BLOW OR EVEN A THREATENED
BLCJlf AGAINST HIM WILL .ALMOST CERTAINLY BE ATTENDED WITH SOME
SUCCESS STOP
I AM PROFESSION.ALLY CERTAIN THAT HIS SO CALLED
BLOCKADE CAN EASILY BE PIERCED STOP THE ONLY THING THAT CAN
MAKE IT REALLY EFFECTIVE IS OUR CNIJl PASsin ACCEPT.A?lCE OF IT
AS A FACT STOP I REPEAT TU.AT IF SOMETHING IS NOT DONE TO MEET
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Command

Summary of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN

The following document is a digitized representation of materials contained in Series I,

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rertainlng to the Battle of

(1) A set of dispatches receivej

files . (':'hese are unnumbered 3.nd ;irocE:ed all

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Dispatches originate ct by Comlnch:

Date Time Grou12

Dispatches origl.!1&.ted by othe:-s:

file, 1 June-30 June 1942.

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